Critic Watch Blog #3 300

Amazing! Ground breaking, awe struck and mesmerized. 300 set the bar of great action from beginning to end. Director Zach Snyder uses his computers to create ferocious images with as much attention to each frame as a hand-drawn panel. This film is based on the famous 300 spartans whom fought to the death rather than surrender to the Persians. The lead protagonist is Gerard Butler whom plays the Spartan leader King Leonidas. This was the break out film for Butler as his ripped physique of himself only added to the legend of the spartans. Butler played the role to perfection demanding his grasp over this he was blessed to lead, his fighting style is that of a warrior king fighting for the very livelihood of his people. SPOILER ALERT: Leonidas and his small army of 300 are tasked to guard and defend a very pivotal area in his region from the army of Persia lead by King Xerxes. This very little area is pivotal to their success against the thousands of Persians that fell to the defense of the Spartans. King Leonidas and his men fight day after day against a relentless army of the King Xerxes. Every sign day their was success for the Spartans, although their forces grew smaller exponentially in the end of those times. It was a volley of arrows that covered the sun that killed off the great King Leonidas and his spartan warriors. If not for the expected reinforcements that were to help out King Leonidas, the Spartans would have surely won the war. This film 300, will and shall always be one of my favorite movies of all time.